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Welcome to our first newsletter for 2021, a creative and inspirational update on all that the Australian screen industry has been delivering over the last month or more.

A warm welcome to our newest members: Jungle Entertainment, offering film and TV production services to international productions filming in Australia, and The Appointment Group, trusted travel experts located throughout Australian major cities and regional locations. Please check out their company profiles below and get in touch.

This month South Australia treats your eyes to their mesmerising locations in the Flinders Ranges & Coober Pedy regions in our monthly Location Spotlight. South Australia also boasts its star-studded cast in the international BBC One thriller The Tourist, the biggest TV production ever to be made in the beautiful state.

Some Ausfilm Member VFX and post news from ILM, The Post Lounge and Soundfirm. Plus lots of updates and case studies in our regular feature on Industry News from Screen Queensland, Screen Australia and so much more!

Happy viewing!

The Ausfilm Team

LOCATION SPOTLIGHT:
South Australia

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FILM CORPORATION PRESENTS THE WORLD-RENOWNED FLINDERS RANGES & COOBER PEDY REGIONS

Dusty red roads, ancient mountain ranges, spectacular gorges and rugged moonscapes, the South Australian Outback has it all, and it's just on the state capital city, Adelaide's doorstep.

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WELCOME! NEW AUSFILM MEMBERS

NEED PRODUCTION SERVICES?

Jungle Entertainment operates as a production services company that provides end-to-end support for international partners in producing world-class content anywhere in Australia.

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TRUSTED TRAVEL & FREIGHT

TAG is a trusted film and television travel partner that offers unrivalled international fares and cost savings, along with high-end quality service.

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MEET OUR MEMBERS

MEET KOJO'S HEAD OF PRODUCTION SERVICES

Based in Melbourne, Amanda Crittenden will lead the world-class production services business capitalising on the fervent international interest in filming in Australia.

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ILM'S ROZ STRATTON: FROM VFX, TO VIRTUAL PRODUCTION

ILM Sydney's Associate VFX producer Roz Stratton talks StageCraft and mentorship with ILM San Francisco's Associate Virtual Production Producer Christina Sours.

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MAKE IT IN AUSTRALIA

CAST OF THE TOURIST REVEALED

The mystery-packed, international thriller is the biggest television production ever to be made in South Australia with a star studded cast.

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GET A FIRST LOOK AT MORTAL KOMBAT

Filmed in South Australia and bringing the legendary property to life on the big-screen, is a team of world-renowned Australian filmmakers led by producers James Wan and award-winning commercial filmmaker Simon McQuoid in his feature directorial debut.

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MARCH IN TO SEE GODZILLA VS. KONG

The epic clash between the two titans is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the Earth. Godzilla vs Kong releases in cinemas on March 31st.

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POST, PRESENT, FUTURE

ILM GATHERING THE FORCES

ILM's Sydney studio has been busy gathering a world-class team for their fourth large-scale custom-built StageCraft volume at Fox Studios Australia.

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ANOTHER AAA WIN FOR METHOD STUDIOS MELBOURNE

Method’s Melbourne studio was proud to receive the Asian Academy Creative Award in the Best Visual or Special FX in TV series or Feature Films for work on Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Jumanji: The Next Level.

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DAILIES, DELIVERY AND DECOR AT THE POST LOUNGE

Major international projects filming in Australia were increasingly engaging The Post Lounge to oversee digital dailies processing and editorial systems integration.

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THE DRY SHOOTS TO #1 AT THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE

SOUNDFIRM: A CAREER POST PROD' HIGHLIGHT SAYS CONNELLY

Soundfirm's work on the film adaptation of Jane Harper's best-selling novel helped Director Robert Connolly see his vision come to life.

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THE DRY GETS REGIONAL IN VIC

Attracted through Film Victoria’s production incentives including the Regional Location Assistance Fund, the production spent several weeks shooting in and around Victoria’s rural Wimmera and Mallee regions.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE

Penguin Bloom is a Made Up Stories, Broadtalk and JamTart production, filmed on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and VFX by Alt.VFX

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NSW-MADE PRODUCTIONS HEAD TO SUNDANCE

Feature documentary Playing With Sharks and virtual reality animation Prison X - Chapter 1: The Devil & The Sun have been selected as part of Sundance Film Festival's 2021 line-up.

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ICYMI

RON HOWARD'S THIRTEEN LIVES FILMING IN QLD

The gripping true story of the 2018 rescue of a boys’ soccer team from a cave in Thailand will be filmed on the Gold Coast imminently.

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OUR SUMMER OF CINEMA

Screen Australia's new sensational campaign is designed to bring punters back to cinemas and consume the fantastic Australian films being released.

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